Visual arts

Visual arts

Our art programme, hosted in the Institute's Brancusi Hall, presents significant names and trends in Romanian art of all generations and in all eras. With the support of the Institute, Romanian artists also exhibit in well- known museums and galleries in and outside London. Our art programmes include design, fashion and architecture - hence extending beyond traditional boundaries. Among our partners in the arts are major institutions such as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Victoria & Albert Museum, Camden Arts Centre, Royal Academy of Art, London Festival of Architecture and Design.

The First UK Solo Exhibition of Late Visual Maverick Ioana Nemeş

The First UK Solo Exhibition of Late Visual Maverick Ioana Nemeş

When her sudden death at 32 hit the news in 2011, Ioana Nemeş had established herself as one of Romania’s most celebrated and original artists. Despite her young age, she had created a diverse and daring body of work that had catapulted her to international recognition. A selection of objects, prints and installations from her...

14/03 - 14/06/2014 @ Eastside Projects, Birmingham

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Exhibition Opening: 'The Allure of Typography'

Exhibition Opening: 'The Allure of Typography'

Despite its tremendous expansion, the e-book has not made the sophisticated art of typography and book design obsolete. Books remain as refined an object as ever and no less desirable. To prove that exquisite typography is thriving, an exhibition of the most beautiful Romanian books of 2013, curated by the Association for Performance and...

09/04/2014 @ Romanian Cultural Institute in London
Rethinking London

Rethinking London

Three research teams made up of twelve international students from the Architectural Association Design Research Lab in London led by professor Theodore Spyropoulos, including the Romanian Octavian Gheorghiu, present an alternative vision of the capital's future, putting forward an ecology of intelligent machines. The students explore...

27/02/2014
Fashion Exhibition: 'Beauty in the Making'

Fashion Exhibition: 'Beauty in the Making'

LATEST NEWS: Out of 146 designers from 25 countries exhibiting at the International Fashion Showcase, Lucian Broscățean has been granted a Special Mention at the Emerging Talent Awards   We are delighted to announce our fourth consecutive participation at the London Fashion Week, a cityscape of the world’s highest profile...

12 - 21/02/2014 @ ICR London

"Trajan 1900": Lights & Music Show by Dreamrec and Rochiţe

The Romanian Cultural Institute London celebrates 1900 years from the dedication of Trajan’s Column in Rome, a timeless and crucially important monument for Romanian identity, with a modern take on two millennia of history, part of a festive programme of events spanning two months. The project is a collaboration with the Victoria and...

17/01/2014 @ Victoria and Albert Museum, Room 111

"Trajan 1900". Photography Exhibition in 3D

The “Trajan 1900” series of events organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and celebrating 1900 years since the consecration of one of the most impressive monuments of antiquity, opened in 1 Belgrave Square with the stereoscopic photography exhibition “Trajan’s...

21/11 - 21/12/2013 @ Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square SW1X 8PH
Romanians Against Gravity: Aurel Vlaicu, Flight Daredevil

Romanians Against Gravity: Aurel Vlaicu, Flight Daredevil

Join us in the celebration of one of the world’s most enigmatic and daring pioneers of flight, Aurel Vlaicu. A mechanical genius raised from humble origins to international fame and an aviator of reckless courage, Vlaicu was an important figure of the 20th century tremendous technological revolution that conquered gravity and put man...

13/10 - 02/12/2013 @ Romanian Cultural Institute
Heritage and Innovation: Romania at the London Festival of Architecture

Heritage and Innovation: Romania at the London Festival of Architecture

Our fourth participation at the London Festival of Architecture (LFA), a citywide celebration of international built environment from over 40 countries, brings together the extraordinary creators of 120 years of Romanian architectural heritage and the heralds of contemporary cutting-edge practice and innovation.  Along with the...

07 - 28/06/2013 @ Romanian Cultural Institute & Royal Ear Hospital
The Shapes of Solitude

The Shapes of Solitude

Rising art star Bogdan Raţă is the Romanian artist featuring in the exhibition “Kaleidoscope: Contemporary Art from EU Member States” at Farmleigh Gallery in Dublin, which marks Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The artist will exhibit the highly praised sculpture “Lonely” (2011) -...

01/05 - 01/06/2013 @ Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
Marin Gherasim’s Heavenly Visions Open the New Series Romanian Contemporary Masters

Marin Gherasim’s Heavenly Visions Open the New Series Romanian Contemporary Masters

Private View in the presence of the artist The “Brancusi” Gallery of the Romanian Cultural Institute provides the scene for a new and exciting series of exhibitions dedicated to the most revered names of Romanian painting of today. Projecting a genuine visual history of Romanian art of the recent decades, the series, entitled...

30/04 - 06/06/2013 @ Romanian Cultural Institute
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